From Robert.Hollow at csiro.au Mon Jul 8 07:42:26 2019 From: Robert.Hollow at csiro.au (Hollow, Robert (CASS, Marsfield)) Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2019 21:42:26 +0000 Subject: [ASA] 2019 CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science Undergraduate Vacation Scholarship Applications Now Open Message-ID: Dear Colleagues Applications now open for the 2019/20 CASS Undergraduate Vacation Scholarships. Our Undergraduate Vacation Scholarships are run over the Australian summer holidays and offer high achieving and promising undergraduate students the opportunity to collaborate with leading CSIRO scientists in our world class facilities. Students will be able to work on a real world project and expand their skills and knowledge while exploring ways to solve a real world problem. Placements are full time and will be from 25 November 2019 to 7 February 2020 (although there may be some flexibility). Scholars will also undertake an observing trip to the Australian Telescope Compact Array in Narrabri, NSW in January 2020. Participation in the Vacation Scholarship Program has influenced previous scholarship holders in their choice of further study and future career options. Many have gone on to pursue a PhD in CSIRO or to build a successful research career within CSIRO, a university or industry. CSIRO Astronomy and Space (CASS) have a long and successful history in the space sector from radio astronomy research, managing complex facilities and observing Earth from above to supporting data and manufacturing supply chains. For more information please see our website at Astronomy and Space. Projects: CASS has 15 projects available in the areas of astronomy/astrophysics, space, engineering and computing. For details please see the project list (link to Excel file) Location: Marsfield (Sydney), NSW, Tidbinbilla, ACT and Kensington (Perth), WA (refer to list of projects above for specific details) Scholarship: $1,559.85 per fortnight Reference: 62550 More details and the online application form are available at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/K5kLCJyp0qhzLy5lHzDzlB?domain=jobs.csiro.au Applications close on 5 August 2019 and must be made online. Regards Robert Robert Hollow Education & Outreach Specialist Undergraduate Vacation Scholarship Program Coordinator CASS Student Coordinator Astronomy and Space Science CSIRO Member of IAU Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development E robert.hollow at csiro.au T +61 2 9372 4247 M 0412 890 472 PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710 Australia www.csiro.au | www.atnf.csiro.au PLEASE NOTE The information contained in this email may be confidential or privileged. Any unauthorised use or disclosure is prohibited. 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The last few months have been a busy time for us here in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) office, but all a worthwhile effort. Eight years since the Square Kilometre Array Organisation was formed, we have made a leap forward with Australia and six other countries signing the SKA Observatory Convention. This treaty will commit the signatories to building and operating the telescope, bringing it ever closer to becoming a reality. International signatories On 12 March, I was in Rome to see Australia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, China, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal sign the Convention. Dr Greg French, Australian Ambassador to Italy, proudly signed on behalf of Australia. He was an ideal representative for the job, given his background in physics before moving to the diplomatic corps. I was joined by Ms Leonie Boddington, a member of the Wajarri Yamaji people, the traditional owners of the land on which the SKA will be built. This was a significant event for the Wajarri community as well. We thank them for their continued support and recognise the importance of the stars in their culture and traditions. The Convention will need to be ratified by the signatory nations over the next year. Once the three host countries plus two more have passed it through their parliaments, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory will officially come into being to govern telescope construction and operations. There's plenty of potential for other nations to join the Observatory to help advance the project even further, even faster. Critical design reviews Closer to home, the Infrastructure Australia consortium led by CSIRO and Aurecon recently passed its critical design review (CDR). This achievement is shared not only with the heavyweights leading the consortium, but also the small businesses that contributed their local and technical knowledge to solutions including power and access to the site. The Science Data Processor (SDP) has also passed its CDR, confirming how we will handle the massive volume of information that SKA will provide. The SDP will be responsible for translating the raw signals that have been tidied up on site, and turning them into scientific data that astronomers can interpret. The supercomputer at the centre of the design will be more powerful than any currently in existence, reaching processor speeds of 250 PFlops. The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Perth has set aside space to house this machine. It will sit alongside the smaller Galaxy supercomputer, currently used to process the signals from existing telescopes at the MRO. Almost all of the twelve consortia have now finished their CDRs. Once these and a comprehensive review of all the designs are completed, the excitement of construction can begin! Research breakthroughs SKA is an incredibly ambitious project, not least of all for the technological challenges we face. Fortunately, the hundreds of scientists and engineers working directly with the project are more than up to the task. One recent example is the successful signal test conducted by AARNet and CISCO, which transferred data through optic fibres at speeds of up to 600 Gbps. Until now these speeds were unprecedented, but with industry's help they'll become the norm for big data projects like SKA. While the SKA Observatory starts to take shape, Australia's two leading radio astronomy agencies are making strides forward in research. Firstly, I'd like to congratulate CSIRO on integrating the final eight dishes of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), bringing the total to 36. With the array complete, astronomers can begin to tune the whole telescope to achieve the remarkable observations that are planned. So far, all 36 dishes have been used to construct a single beam image, providing incredibly high resolution of the radio galaxy, Fornax A. Combined with the anticipated rapid surveys of the southern skies, ASKAP will undoubtedly be one of the most sophisticated radio telescopes in the world, and a vital precursor for the SKA. Additionally, recently published work led by researchers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research has identified a black hole behaving like nothing seen before. In 2015, the black hole V404 Cygni was observed firing jets of plasma into space as it consumed a nearby star. However, instead of these jets propelling perpendicular to the black hole's accretion disk, they appeared to be rapidly wobbling. The unprecedented speed of this wobbling needed some imaging innovation to capture, requiring numerous short clips of the black hole compared to the traditional time lapse. Ultimately, the researchers explained the phenomenon using Einstein's theory of relativity, suggesting the black hole was so dense that it ruptures space-time. I look forward to more remarkable findings like these when astronomers can make use of SKA's incredible sensitivity and survey speeds. SKA Board meeting The 29th SKA Board meeting took place on March 26 and 27 in Manchester. With the Convention signed, there was a sense of excitement in the air! All members were represented at the meeting. The major discussions this time were around how the members will deliver the expertise and resources the telescope needs to function. I'd also like to welcome the Organisation's newest members to the team, Germany's Max Planck Society. I look forward to the massive experience they will bring to the SKA. With so much happening recently, it's hard not to be optimistic about the future of SKA. I'd like to thank all the dedicated scientists, engineers and colleagues that have helped to bring us this far. In closing, the Hon Karen Andrews MP was recently reappointed as the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. 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The Science Advisory Committee * Provides technical and high level scientific advice to the ANZSCC and/or Australian SKA Project Director. * Promotes Australia?s interests in the SKA project by communicating SKA?related developments to the wider Australian astronomy community, and seeking the views of Australian astronomy communities on SKA?related issues. * Facilitates appropriate events (including the annual OzSKA meeting) aimed at engaging and updating the broader Australian astronomical community. * Seeks opportunities to collaborate and/or hold joint meetings with scientists from SKA partner nations. More information about the Science Advisory Committee, including its full Terms of Reference, are available from https://www.industry.gov.au/about-us/what-we-do/australian-ska-office/anzscc-science-advisory-committee If you consider yourself well placed to contribute to this Committee via your expertise and ideas, please email SKAsecretariat at industry.gov.au with a maximum one A4 page application including: * a brief CV, * your relevant expertise, and * any relevant conflicts of interest. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 25 July 2019 at 5pm AEST. Late applications will not be accepted. Applications will be reviewed by a subcommittee of the ANZSCC with broad consideration for how the appointment will help the committee fulfil its purpose. All applicants will be informed of the outcome by early August 2019. A meeting of the Science Advisory Committee will be held in early November, which the successful applicant will be invited to attend. The ANZSCC is committed to equity and diversity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates. The current members of the ANZSCC Science Advisory Committee are: * Philip Edwards (chair) - CSIRO * Naomi McClure-Griffiths - Australian National University * Elaine Sadler - CSIRO/University of Sydney * Lister Staveley-Smith - ICRAR/UWA * Cathryn Trott - ICRAR/Curtin * Willem van Straten - Auckland University of Technology Meetings are also regularly attended by: * Australia?s science representative on the SKA Organisation Board (currently Douglas Bock - CSIRO) * Australian SKA Project Director (currently David Luchetti - DIIS) For further information please contact the SAC Chair at philip.edwards at csiro.au UNCLASSIFIED -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The program is attached, and other details are here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/963NCnxyErCLyN8Pc9XKWA?domain=research.smp.uq.edu.au The zoom for the plenary sessions, and the first parallel session (left column each day) is: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/AnZyCoVzGQiGo3OgczR0Lx?domain=uqz.zoom.us The zoom for the second parallel session (right column each day) is: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ZKZgCp8AJQtLl3YVcYSdqz?domain=uqz.zoom.us All the best, Tamara p.s. These come without any guarantee!! But hopefully should be working all week. :-D :: Prof Tamara Davis :: School of Mathematics and Physics :: The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia :: tamarad at physics.uq.edu.au :: @tamarastro :: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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John ????????????????????????? "The standard you walk past is the standard you accept? ????????????????????????? ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN O?BYRNE Associate Dean (Student Life), Faculty of Science Secretary, Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics | Faculty of Science THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm 205, Physics Building A28 Postal address: School of Physics | The University of Sydney | NSW | Australia | 2006 T +61 2 9351 3184 | F +61 2 9351 7726 E john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au | W http://sydney.edu.au/science/people/john.obyrne CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Gavin.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gavin Rowell ph +61883138374 High Energy Astrophysics Group fax +61883134380 School of Physical Sciences gavin.rowell at adelaide.edu.au University of Adelaide 5005, AUSTRALIA web: http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/astrophysics/gpr/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ From: Gavin Rowell Sent: Tuesday, 9 July 2019 21:08 To: ozastroparticle.physics-owner at list.adelaide.edu.au Cc: growell at physics.adelaide.edu.au Subject: Discussion session at ASA meeting Thurs 11 July A reminder about our Ozastroparticle physics discussion session at the ASA meeting this Thurs 11 July during the lunch break. To allow people time to grab some lunch before, we're aiming for the following times (AEST): start: 1:10 pm finish: 1:55 pm approx room: 07-234 For remote participants (including myself!) we'll use this zoom URL: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/BcrjCANZvPioYN88FGrWJ0?domain=adelaide.zoom.us Gavin.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gavin Rowell ph +61883138374 High Energy Astrophysics Group fax +61883134380 School of Physical Sciences gavin.rowell at adelaide.edu.au University of Adelaide 5005, AUSTRALIA web: http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/astrophysics/gpr/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The meeting is part of a series of conferences that has been dedicated to the topic of Cosmic Flows over the last few decades: most recently 2012 in Queensland, Australia, 2013 in Marseille, France and 2016 in Quy Nhon, Vietnam. Since then progress has been made on various fronts ? such as on the reconstruction and presentation of flow fields from peculiar velocity catalogues and surveys like 2MTF and 6dFGRS, first results from the SKA Pathfinders and the TAIPAN survey, and the 3D-visualisation front where sophisticated tools are now being used to scientifically analyse data sets such as HI-data cubes, cosmological maps, simulations, by immersing yourself inside the data using Virtual Reality to interactively view and interrogate the data using varying parameter settings. For further information, see conference poster below: [Cosflow2020-poster.png] If you would like to receive further information on the conference, do sign-up under the pre-registration link at the conference website (www.idia.ac.za/cosflow2020/) Please distribute this information as you deem appropriate. Professor Matthew Colless > Director, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia Work: +61-2-6125-0266 Mobile:+61-431-898-345 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Though no longer the student rep., I continue to be a student member of ASA for a while yet, so hopefully I will get a chance to interact with you at ASA meetings/workshops, if I haven?t already met you! ? All the very best. Kind regards, Debatri Chattopadhyay -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Thu Jul 11 10:28:52 2019 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 00:28:52 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Message from the new ASA student rep. Message-ID: <7107A1C6-0428-4ED5-81DF-4AB29835879B@sydney.edu.au> A message from the new student rep. on the ASA Council, Chris Matthew. Hi Everyone, I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Chris Matthew, and I am the newly elected Student Representative on the ASA Council. To begin with, a little bit about myself (for those of you who did not see the ballot): I have had an interest in astronomy for a long time and I am currently completing a Masters of Astrophysics at USQ. I will be commencing a PhD in astrophysics /astronomy in 2021. Additionally, I have a PhD in ancient history and I have been employed as a lecturer of ancient history at ACU since 2010. I also work at Penrith Observatory at WSU in Sydney assisting with their school and public outreach programmes. I have been an ASA member since commencing my Masters a few years ago. I feel that as both a student and an academic I am in a unique position to represent the student body on the ASA Council as I have experience in navigating university bureaucracy, funding and grant applications, research and learning requirements, and public outreach. I hope that this combination of skills will enable me to serve all stake holders within the ASA to the highest level. For the ASA student members out there, at this stage this is simply an introductory email. However, I am always happy to receive emails (from students or fellow academics) at any time. If you have concerns or questions that you would like to raise, either to me or the Council, please feel free to contact me. If you just want to chat, I will be more than happy to get to know some of the people whom I will be representing. I would like to finish (at this stage) by expressing my thanks to those of you who voted for me, and I welcome this opportunity to act in the capacity of a student representative to further the interests of not only the astronomical student body, but of the society as a whole. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Chris ????????????????????????? "The standard you walk past is the standard you accept? ????????????????????????? ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN O?BYRNE Associate Dean (Student Life), Faculty of Science Secretary, Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. 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URL: From jhurley at swin.edu.au Thu Jul 11 15:45:53 2019 From: jhurley at swin.edu.au (Jarrod Hurley) Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 05:45:53 +0000 Subject: [ASA] OzSTAR Supercomputer Online Training Session - Wednesday July 31st (announcement and registration details) Message-ID: Dear All, We would like to announce an upcoming training session for prospective and current users of the OzSTAR supercomputer at Swinburne. This session should be most attractive to those who are thinking that they may require access to the facility in the near future and those who have recently signed up. The session will be conducted online on Wednesday July 31st between 11am-2pm. Topics covered will include: - general introduction, how to apply for an account, user documentation, access (first hour); - the modules software environment (second hour); - how to use the slurm batch queue (third hour). Each hour will start with a 20-30 turorial and will be followed by Q&A on the topic. To register your interest please send an email to noting your name and institution. Details for connecting to the event will be sent to those who have registered prior to the date. More information on the OzSTAR supercomputer can be found at: supercomputing.swin.edu.au This event is jointly provided by Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) and the OzSTAR support team. Regards, Jarrod Hurley -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stuart.ryder at mq.edu.au Sun Jul 14 10:42:53 2019 From: stuart.ryder at mq.edu.au (Stuart Ryder) Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:42:53 +0000 Subject: [ASA] SOFIA Cycle 8 Call for Proposals Message-ID: The following call for proposals is circulated on behalf of Dr Randolf Klein, SOFIA Science Outreach Lead at NASA Ames Research Center. Although Australia has no investment in the SOFIA program, NASA does offer observing time on SOFIA on an "open skies" basis, including during the 2 month southern deployment to New Zealand. Anyone with questions about applying to use SOFIA is welcome to contact Randolf (rklein at sofia.usra.edu) or myself. Stuart Ryder, Macquarie University ----------------------------------------------------------------- ####### SOFIA Cycle 8 Call for Proposals Released The SOFIA Observatory, the only aircraft-based facility offering an access to the 4-600 microns wavelength range, has recently released calls for proposals for the Cycle 8 period. The proposals deadline is September 6, 2019 (9 p.m. PDT). Anyone in the international astronomy community is welcome to apply for time. In this observing Cycle, we are offering: * up to 300 hours of observations for Regular Proposals and up to 400 hours for Legacy Proposals (1-4 proposals up to 200 h observations each, spread over 2 observing cycles) * one Southern Hemisphere deployment to New Zealand with two instruments * improved mapping modes on instruments FORCAST (spectral mapping) and HAWC+ (on-the-fly polarimetry mapping) * new filters for FIFI-LS improving the sensitivity at the [OIII]52?m line and for HAWC+ making band B (63?m) available In addition, the SOFIA Science Center provides specialist support for proposal preparation and data analysis through email, phone, and otherwise. Please feel free to contact our HelpDesk: sofia_help at sofia.usra.edu. We will also hold a webinar on August 9th to provide support to proposers on how to design effective observing proposals and use SOFIA proposal tools (more information to come on the SOFIA website). The selection results will be announced in December 2019. 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